diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 3a260af..15c38e6 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
 static int ext3_blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev)
 {
 	bd_release(bdev);
-	return blkdev_put(bdev);
+	return blkdev_put(bdev, FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE);
 }
 
 static int ext3_blkdev_remove(struct ext3_sb_info *sbi)
@@ -2066,7 +2066,7 @@
 	if (bd_claim(bdev, sb)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR
 		        "EXT3: failed to claim external journal device.\n");
-		blkdev_put(bdev);
+		blkdev_put(bdev, FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE);
 		return NULL;
 	}